How could they not?

I very much like the resolution theory that you posted for the show, in particular how it uses Jack as the linchpin for the reconciliation.

There is a school of thought that the Jacob/MIB = White/Black equation is too obvious and easy, and that the writers are going to throw us a curve ball at some point, with Jacob proving to be more evil than just manipulative.

How would your very well-thought out theory be affected if that were the case?

It’s obvious that now all those characters we saw related to the survivors were all the Smoke Monster. Yemi, Christian, Locke all had their dead bodies on the island and the Smoke Monster could become them. With Smokie becoming Locke it’s the last dead body so he is stuck being Locke. It’s interesting that Ilana knows that Smokie is stuck being Locke. Obviously her team knows something the rest of us don’t.

It’s interesting that they used the da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting with Locke being the Jesus role in the middle. I am wondering if that has anything to do with this season.

One of my theories is that they have to setup the flight 316 to fly out to the island like it did and join the time-lines up. Though that wouldn’t explain the other people like Sawyer and Jin. They weren’t on that flight at all.

I think the next few episodes will hopefully set us up as to what the goal is the rest of season, with a few surprises tossed in.

Time is a ball of Yarn.

Flocke is a Black Kitten.

Jacob is a White Kitten.

Both were smothered by their controlling mother.

Jack is following Hurley.

Hurley is sitting on the key.

Charlie was all heart and light.

Sayid was all club and dark.

Charlie now appears dark but no one knows.

Sayid is now full of heart but no one knows.

Alt World Jack’s son, David, plays piano.

All work and no play make Claire a dull girl.

The illness involves being taken over by residual energies reliving horrific or disturbing events.

Who is number 237? Rousseau perhaps?

Alt World Jack ate a bad peach and when he wakes up and throws a chair through the glass, he will realize he has something to do and will cause the unraveling of Alt World.

Great post Sarah… you described it in much better detail than I did. We have slightly different ideas about how in control Jacob is but I always love your posts… they usually make me look at things in a slightly different way. :)

It hadn’t crossed my mind yet that Jack would be bringing Parallel Jack to the island (Should we call him “PJ”?). I’m wondering though, how will we resolve the parallel underwater island with the one above ground?

Also, excellent tie in with Jack’s need to fix things. I don’t think enough importance is placed on Jacob’s role within the entire show. He knows what’s happening, what will happen, and thus what needs to happen. He is orchestrating the entire series of events, thus I don’t feel like there is a lack of control anywhere, just a need for patience to see how the events play out.

Another question: What literary work could we use to reveal Aaron’s importance in the series? Claire is always fixated on him, and Smoky has fixated on Claire and separating her from Aaron.

What do you think about Smoky’s need to separate Claire from her baby?

Oh, Jack, just accept your Jacobship already. :)